1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ext/socket/unixsocket.c b/ext/socket/unixsocket.c
index 31e2acee04..2ec9376074 100644
--- a/ext/socket/unixsocket.c
+++ b/ext/socket/unixsocket.c
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ unixsock_path_value(VALUE path)
         }
     }
 #endif
+    path = rb_get_path(path);
 #ifdef _WIN32
     /* UNIXSocket requires UTF-8 per spec. */
     path = rb_str_export_to_enc(path, rb_utf8_encoding());
 #endif
-    return rb_get_path(path);
+    return path;
 }
 
 VALUE